Thousands protest in Brazil in support of Justice Minister Sergio Moro, who is battling claims he conspired with prosecutors on his anti-corruption drive to keep former leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from another presidential run.

The Intercept journalist Glenn Greenwald testifies before Brazil’s lower house commission on leaks allegedly showing conspiration between Car Wash prosecutors to keep former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva out of the election. IMAGES

Embattled Justice Minister Sergio Moro, who has faced calls to resign over allegations he improperly collaborated with anticorruption prosecutors to keep leftist icon Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva out of the 2018 presidential race, defends himself in front of the Senate justice commission on the “Car Wash” leaks. IMAGES

Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva leaves federal police headquarters by helicopter, after a federal court granted him leave from prison to attend his grandson’s funeral, who died aged 7. Lula is serving two concurrent 12-year sentences for corruption in a prison in the southern city of Curitiba.

Supporters wait outside the Curitiba prison where former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is serving a 12-year term for graft, after a Supreme Court judge issued an order that could see him soon released. IMAGES

The car carrying former Brazil president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva leaves prison for the courthouse where Lula is to face questioning over corruption and money laundering in relation to the wide-ranging “Car Wash” graft probe. IMAGES